I was recently interviewed on Expats Blog, a blog site that curates the best expat blogs from around the world. Expats Blog has published more than 180 interviews with expats from around the world. Check mine out here: American Expat Living in Vietnam Tweet
A quick note for all food, wine and travel writers: The deadline for IFWTWA (if-twa) scholarships is July 31st. IFWTWA – the International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association – recognizes writers with its annual scholarship competition. I entered on a whim just a few days before last year’s deadline, and I was chosen, Read More
Yup, section VIII page 223 – that’s me! For those of you haven’t heard yet, in late November the team at The Expeditioner released their first print anthology: The Expeditioner’s Guide to the World – Intrepid Tales of Awesomeness from the Open Road. I’m stoked to be one of the contributors with my narrative, Read More
My travel writing journey since completing Matador U has been featured in Escape From America Magazine – check it out! Student Profile: Expat Heather Sharpens Her Travel Writing Skills Tweet
So much exciting stuff happened in October that I barely managed to blog here at ExpatHeather! Here’s the latest news: Named Editor for Matador Abroad I was sad to leave my editorial intern position with Matador Abroad in August, but shortly after I was contacted by managing editor Julie Schwietert about the opportunity to, Read More
If you are ready for your creative writing to move from the computer screen to the page, consider submitting your short stories, essays, interviews and poetry to a literary journal or magazine. Publications with wider circulation often favor published authors, but literary journals based on college and university campuses are often a great place, Read More
Pakistan, the “10th most failed state” of 2010 according to Foreign Policy. Doesn’t look like hell to me. This week a photo essay based on the ‘Failed States Index’ really got me riled up. Basically, Foreign Policy took one terrible/chaotic/scary photo from each of the 60 countries to make a photo essay called “Postcards, Read More
If you’re an expatriate or independent traveler looking to break into travel writing, one of the first things you’ll want to do is research potential markets for publication. Here are ten magazines and websites that publish different types of travel writing. Before submitting to any of these sites be sure to spend some time, Read More